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The Human Comedy

Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  10w, 12m

William Saroyan, William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot

Book by William Dumaresq
Based on the novel by William Saroyan
Music by Galt MacDermot

"Like Our Town, which it resembles in so many ways, The Human Comedy concerns life and death and growing up in a small community... Along with its poignancy and heartfelt feeling for home, the adaptation captures Saroyan's joie de v…

The Human Comedy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    10w, 12m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
A pop folk opera about small town life in America during the early days of World War II produced in New York by Joseph Papp.
Cast Attributes
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  • Time Period 1940s/WWII
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"Like Our Town, which it resembles in so many ways, The Human Comedy concerns life and death and growing up in a small community... Along with its poignancy and heartfelt feeling for home, the adaptation captures Saroyan's joie de vivre ." - Christian Science Monitor "Funny, charming and touching... a stirring flight of musical fancy... This has to be the most inspired, inventive and downright pleasurable music to grace Broadway in a long, long time." - WCBS TV "MacDermot's plain, open faced style [is] a melange of jazz, rock, and gospel... [and] ideally suited to the sturdy values of familial love, courage and patriotism that Saroyan so sentimentally celebrated." - Newsweek

Music

Piano-Conductor

1 Reed 1 (Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Soprano and Tenor Saxophones)
1 Reed 2 (Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto and Baritone Saxophones)
2 Trumpets 1&2
2 Trombones 1&2
1 Percussion
1 Guitar
1 Violin 1
1 Violin 2
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Bass

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1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1)
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2)
22 Vocal Books

1 Reed 1
1 Reed 2
2 Trumpets 1&2
2 Trombones 1&2
1 Percussion
1 Guitar
1 Violin 1
1 Violin 2
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1)
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2)
22 Vocal Books

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Authors

William Saroyan

William Saroyan
Novelist, short-story writer, dramatist, and essayist, William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California in 1908. A high-school dropout, Saroyan was largely self-educated and decided at an early age to pursue a career as a writer, drawing on his experience as an Armenian-America ...
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William Dumaresq

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot (1928-2018). Two-time Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His work spans the g ...

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